Improved device for stopping bottles



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

ANTOINE ANDRE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVED DEVICE FOR STOPPING BOTTLES.-

Specification forming part of Lett-ers Patent No. 38,367, dated May 1863.

T0 all whom zit 'nw/y concern:

Be it known that I, 'ANTOINE ANDRE, of

section of my invention.-

This invention consists in the employment of a screw-valve fitting into a seat .that is secured to the neck of a bottle in combination with a funnel-shaped mouth-piece in such a manner that by the aid of said valve the communication between the interior of the bottle and the mouth-piece can be effectnally stopped, and that on opening the valve the contents of the bott-le can conveniently be poured out, or by the aid'of the funnel-shaped month-piece iresh'liquid can be introduced into the Vbottle with ease and convenience.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention,I will proceed to describe its construction and operation with reference to the drawing.

The stem of the valve A, which is intended to Y stop a bott-le, is provided with a screw-thread,

a, screwing into a socket, b. This socket is i'ormed by a hole drilled or cast into a projection, c, extending Afrom the side of the casting B, which contains the valve-seat d. This seat, which may be protected by a washer, e, of indiarubber or leather, or other suitable material, connects by annular passage, f, with thev interior of the bottle, and a channel, g, leads from the socket b to the funnel-shaped mouth-piece C, forming the top of the casting B, as clearly shown in the drawing. The casting B is connected bya screw-thread, l1., with a ring, D,which is iirmly secured to the mouth or" the bottle. When the valve A is screwed up tight against the seat d, the communication between the passage f and channel g is interrupted, and the bottle is firmly stopped; but if the valve Ais unscrewed, a communication is effected between the .passa-gef' and channel y, and the contents of thebottle can be poured out. The shape ofthe mouth-piece C is such that the operation of pouring out the contents ofthe bottle can be effected without danger of soiling the outside of the bottle, and at the same time, by having the interior or" the mouthpiece funnel-shaped, the operation of lliug the bottle is considerably facilitated. A device of this description, when once attached to the bottle, can be used for a long time, and if the bottle breaks it can be attached to an other bottle Without much diiiculty. It will save the necessity of buying` new corks whenever the bottles have to be stopped, and the bottles can be opened without vthe use of a corkscrew simply by unscrewing` the valve A.

The valve A and the casting. B ought to be kmade oi' such material as will not be affected by the contents of the bottle, and as a general thing said parts will be constructed of tin or some other metal covered with tin. They might, however, be also made of hard indiarubber or of glass, or of any other convenient material. Y

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A device for stopping bottles, having in combination a screwvalve,A, passage f, channel g, and funnelshaped mouth-piece C, all arranged and operating in the manner and for the purpose described.

A. ANDRE.

W'itn esses:

Y J. A. HorsINGToX,

A. FAVARGER. 

